Origami workshop for children

New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) With the summer vacations already in full swing, children can now indulge in creative arts and crafts at a new workshop here.

Organised by city-based artist Megha Madan, the workshop, Origami and Best out of Waste, is scheduled to be held at Akshara Theatre here on June 23 for participants aged between the years of 8 and 12.

It seeks to help and inspire children to love what they do and make good art and inculcate a creative bent of mind among the children.

"We aim to bring out the creative best out of the child and teach them to be more productive by turning waste things into useful products, making their little minds more innovative and creative," says Madan.

According to her, encouraging the creative instincts in children at early stages in life increases the possibilities of them becoming skillful artists and also helps in their overall development.

"Fostering creativity wont just increase a childs chances of becoming the next Picasso but will also help him or her develop mentally, socially and emotionally," she says.

She also says that the ability to create new things instills in children a sense of liberation and offers her, as a teacher, immense satisfaction.

"When I see the child sparkle with joy after being able to create something, it is very satisfying. They are very sensitive and being able to teach them can be very fulfilling," says Madan. MORE PTI TRS ANS ANS

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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